Things were bad for Allison Blonski in 2015. She was only 36, but was struggling with painful and disturbing symptoms ...

WESTLAND, Mich. — For D’Asia Jackson, every day is a guessing game over whether excruciating pain will upend her life. The 28-year-old medical assistant was born with sickle cell disease, an inherited ...

Hormonal birth control can both help and hinder chronic health conditions, depending on the specific method and the condition. Individuals with chronic conditions should consider how different birth ...

In this retrospective cohort study, investigators assessed whether having stress-related psychiatric conditions influenced how the use of combined hormonal birth control affects the risk for major ...

Social media has long been rife with misinformation about birth control, much of it slamming hormonal contraceptives for health harms (like infertility or even abortion) that it does not cause, or ...

The most common side effects of birth control methods are minor and temporary. But it’s important to be aware of the more serious risks, too, before you choose a contraceptive method. While birth ...

In a wellness world pivoting from hacks to habits, cycle syncing has evolved beyond fertility tracking. It’s now a core strategy in longevity, hormone balance, and performance optimization. But the ...

More than 65 percent of women ages 15 to 49 in the United States use some form of birth control, and many of them are on hormonal birth control methods like the pill, patch, ring, implant, injections, ...

In 1960, a new drug revolutionized society from the bedroom to the streets. The introduction of a hormonal contraceptive, the birth control pill, gave women reproductive autonomy and a more effective ...